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Why won't anyone rent to our daughter?

"In the same way that they were saying 'no pets, no smokers', they were saying 'no LHA'." Listeners Graham and Sara tell how difficult it was to find their daughter - who has cerebal palsy and learning difficulties - a flat because landlords wouldn't accept tenants who received housing benefits. We find out why landlords are saying no to tenants who get Local Housing Allowance (LHA), the impact this has on vulnerable people like our listeners' daughter and how they found her a home in the end. Jeremy Vine reads our Your News bulletin - email your sentence of news to iPM@bbc.co.uk Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.

The diagnosis which made me quit my job and put me on stage

iPM listener, Nicola on why a cancer diagnosis gave her the impetus to try something new. Dame Esther Rantzen reads our Your News Bulletin. IPM@bbc.co.uk Another listener shares a letter she found from her grandfather, written on the front line in World War One. Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.

Ring out the old

iPM listeners take the programme around the country - in 2018 we’ve been wild swimming in Cumbria, up tower blocks in Manchester, in to outer space, and over the seas to remote islands. We’ve also delved into divorce proceedings, surrogate pregnancies, online dating and into all manner of family secrets, surprises and upsets. Here are just a handful of some of the best from the year. And Stephen Fry returns to read our Your News bulletin. Email your sentence of news to iPM@bbc.co.uk Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.

Here's a church, here's a steeple...

With news that Shetland is set to lose two thirds of their churches, iPM takes a closer look at the houses that God built. Sue Lawley reads Your News. Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Scott Adam. iPM@bbc.co.uk

'You will do it naked, won't you?'

A listener on the deathbed promise she made, and whether she fulfilled it. Another listener describes finding parents halfway around the world and overcoming the guilt she's felt about it all her life. Plus Stephen Fry reads our Your News. Send us your news: ipm@bbc.co.uk Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.